Salmon Arm-Shuswap Explained

Salmon Arm-Shuswap
Province:British Columbia
Prov-Status:active
Prov-Election-First:1991
Prov-Election-Last:2024
Prov-Rep:David Williams
Prov-Rep-Party:Conservative
Prov-Rep-Party-Link:BC United
Demo-Census-Date:2001
Demo-Pop:49240
Demo-Area:7714
Demo-Cd:Columbia-Shuswap Regional District
Demo-Csd:Salmon Arm, Enderby, Armstrong, Spallumcheen, Sicamous

Salmon Arm-Shuswap or Shuswap is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Canada.

It is the successor riding to the old Salmon Arm riding. For other historical and current federal and provincial ridings in the Shuswap-Kamloops-North Okanagan, please see Kamloops (provincial electoral district), Kamloops (federal electoral district) and Okanagan (electoral districts). All ridings in the southern BC region are "descendants" of the original Yale provincial riding.

The riding adopted its current name and had minor boundary changes from the 2024 election, which implemented the results of the 2021 redistribution.[1]

Demographics

Population, 200149,240
Population change, 1996–20011.8%
Area (km2)7,714
Population density (people per km2)6

Geography

As of the 2020 provincial election, Shuswap comprised the western portion of the Columbia-Shuswap Regional District and the northwestern portion of the Regional District of North Okanagan. It is located in southern British Columbia. Communities in the electoral district consist of Salmon Arm, Armstrong, Spallumcheen, Enderby, and Sicamous.[2]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

This riding has elected the following members of the Legislative Assembly:

Election results

2020 provincial election redistributed results[3]
Party%
 51.2
 34.1
 14.6
 0.1

|-|NDP|Steve Gunner|align="right"|7,051|align="right"|30.54%|align="right"||align="right"|$41,011| Conservative| Beryl Ludwig|align="right"|2,374|align="right"|10.28%|align="right"||align="right"|$9,378|}

|NDP|Wayne Fowler|align="right"|3,788|align="right"|16.46%|align="right"|$12,950|No Affiliation|Jeanette (N.O.) McLennan|align="right"|119|align="right"|0.52%|align="right"|$100|}|-|NDP|Calvin White|align="right"|7,869|align="right"|31.63%|align="right"||align="right"|$37,552|-|No Affiliation|Gordon Campbell|align="right"|810|align="right"|3.26%|align="right"||align="right"||Independent|Merv Ritchie|align="right"|204|align="right"|0.82%|align="right"||align="right"|$505|}|-|NDP|Shannon O'Neill|align="right"|7,687|align="right"|35.50%|align="right"||align="right"|$33,572|-|}

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: McIntyre . Pete . Hawes seeks BC United nomination in Salmon Arm-Shuswap . 2024-04-24 . Vernon Matters . en.
  2. News: Shuswap Electoral District. 5 October 2020. Elections BC .
  3. Web site: Salmon Arm-Shuswap . 338Canada . 8 October 2024.